Profile

Prof. Jyotirmay Biswas is an ophthalmologist who has specialized in uveitis and ophthalmic pathology. He has done fellowship in vitreoretinal surgery from Sankara Nethralaya and fellowship in ophthalmic pathology from University of Southern California, USA. He has published 581 articles in pubmed indexed journals, 70 chapters and seven books. He is a visiting professor at Advance Eye Care Center at PGIMER Chandigarh and Chinese University of Hongkong. He has mentored 61 uveitis fellows. He has received 64 awards including Hari OM Ashram Alembic research award from Indian Council Medical Research given by the President of India. He is a member of American College of surgeons, International Uveitis Study Group, American Uveitis Society and International Ocular Inflammation Society and fellow of National Academy of Medical Sciences. He is the founding member and past president of Uveitis Society of India. He is the founding president of Society of Inflammation research. He was the first to describe ocular lesions in AIDS in India. He has been ranked 8th in top 2% of Indian researcher in Ophthalmology. He is working as distinguished senior consultant of uveitis and pathology department. He was given the lifetime achievement award by All India Ophthalmological society in 2024 and Top 100 Ophthalmology by Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology.

Area of Expertise/Interest

• Uveitis
• Retinal Vasculitis
• Scleritis
• Aids
• Ocular Pathology

Affilliations

• International Ocular Inflammation Society
• International Uveitis Study Group
• American Uveitis Society
• Past president, Uveitis Society of India
• Past President, Society of Inflammation and research

Recognitions

• Travel fellowship. Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO), USA 1988.
• Dr C S Reshmi, Gold Medal for best General film on `Parasites - A view through the microscope', 52nd AIOS, Calcutta, Jan 1994.
• Major S C Dutta Memorial Oration Gold Medal, by West Bengal Ophthalmological Society, Sep 1994.
• Hari Om Ashram Alembic Research Award for Clinical Research, from Medical Council of India, 1997.
• Dr C N Shroff Award for Basic and Clinical Research in Eales’ Disease at Sankara Nethralaya by AIOS, 2000.
• Dr. Rustum Ranji oration by Andhra Pradesh Ophthalmological Society on 30th Nov 2002.
• Dr. P. Siva Reddy Oration Award from AIOS for the year 2009.
• Dr Venkataswamy Endowment Oration Award in the 16th Annual meeting of Uveitis Society of India  at Colombo, Srilanka from 25th to 27th Novr 2016.
• Lifetime achievement award received at AIOC Kolkata on 14th March 2024.
• Achievement Award from American Academy of Ophthalmology.
• Asia Pacific Eye 100 ophthamologists received Top 100 award in APAO-AIOC at New-Delhi, 2025.
• Dr David BenEzra Award from the IOIS IOIS congress on 26th June in Rio de Janeiro.